ROTTING CHRIST LYRICS Sleep Of The Angels (1999) 1. Cold Colours 2. After Dark I Feel 3. Victoriatus 4. Der Perfecte Traum (The Perfect Dream) 5. You My Flesh 6. The Word Made End 7. Sleep The Sleep Of Angels 8. Delusions 9. Imaginary Zone 1. Cold Colours THE COLD TWILIGHT WAS GIVING WAY TO THAT FROZEN NIGHT WHEN HE STARTED TO SAY THROUGH YOU EYES I CAN SEE NONE OF YOUR LIES CONVINCE ME THE DANCING SHADOWS I WAIT TO APPEAR THE OMEN THAT SHOWS YOU ARE HERE [CHORUS] AWAY FROM YOU UNTRACKABLE AND YET NEAR YOU UNTOUCHABLE A SUDDEN FEAR CAME INTO ME THE NIGHT IS HERE IT CIRCLES ME A SUDDEN FEAR CAME INTO ME THE NIGHT IS HERE IT CIRCLES ME THE SILVER OF THE MOON SO INTOXICATING I'LL SEE THEM SOON IT'S ALMOST SCARING [CHORUS] UNDOING HATRED REFLECTED THE GOLD COLOURS GOLDEN FIRE AND RED THE BLACK OF DEATH FOLLOWS [CHORUS] 2. After Dark I Feel IT'S ALL THE SAME SO DULL SO PLAIN I NEED THE SPARK THE FLAME TO DRAG ME OUT MY INSANE, OF MY INSANE ONLY YOU AND ME FACE TO FATE COME AND LEAD ME TO ANOTHER PLACE A CIRCLE IS MY MIND A TRIANGLE IS MY SOUL I MOVE ONLY BEHIND I MUST BE REBORN AS A WHOLE [CHORUS] ONLY YOU AND ME FACE TO FACE COME AND LEAD ME TO ANOTHER PLACE WHERE I CAN TASTE THE BLACK OF PURITY NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS ESCAPE OR SEEK A CARESS AFTER DARK I FEEL I SMELL THE PAIN I REVIVE AND HEAL AND THIS IS MY GAIN IT CALLS ME NEAR YOU SOME COSMIC WILL I WANT TO HOLD YOU THE LUST TO FEEL IT'S ALL THE SAME SO DULL, SO PLAIN I NEED THE SPARK, THE FLAME TO DRAG ME OUT OF MY INSANE, OF MY INSANE [CHORUS] 3. Victoriatus LIKE THE OCEAN THAT ROARS EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE ECHOES IN MY EARS BUT CAN NEVER BE UNDONE THE BATTLE HAS OFFERED THE PASSION AND THE HEAT I CAN NOT BE DENIED TRIUMPH OR ADMIT DEFEAT I REMEMBER NOW VIGOROUS I HAD BEEN REALLY CRUEL BUT SOMEHOW SO GLORIOUS NO MAN'S EVER SEEN [CHORUS] MAY WE BE THE FIRST TO KNOW THE FIRST TO SEE THE GLORY TO BOW WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? THE VICTORY I FORESAW I HONOR THE PAST I CARRY THE FUTURE I'LL MAKE IT LAST I LIVE UP TO OUR CULTURE IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO'VE CROSSED MY PATH I KEEP THEM CLOSE IN TIMES OF DEATH [CHORUS] THE BATTLE HAS OFFERED, THE PASSION AND THE HEAT I CAN NOT BE DENIED, TRIUMPH OR ADMIT DEFEAT I REMEMBER NOW VIGOROUS I HAD BEEN REALLY CRUEL BUT SOMEHOW SO GLORIOUS NO MAN'S EVER SEEN 4. Der Perfecte Traum (The Perfect Dream) ICH HATTE DEN PERFEKTEN TRAUM NOCH GAR NICHT LANGE HER AUFREGEND UND DOCH SCHLECHT WAS IST WIRKLICH? ICH WEISS ES NICHT! THE PERFECT DREAM I'VE HAD NOT LONG AGO EXCITING AND YET SO SAD WHAT'S REAL? I DON'T KNOW DIE DUNKELHEIT KAM HEULENDE STURME UM MICH HERUM ICH SPURTE DIE FUNKEN DIE MICH ERWECKTEN, DIE MICH ERWECKTEN PASSION FOR FIGHT SO LONG DESIRED TOWARDS TWILIGHT MY HEART BECOMES LIGHTENED A WHOLE WORLD IS REVEALING ITSELF THIS STORY I'VE NEVER TOLD I KEPT IT FOR MYSELF ICH HATTE DEN PERFEKTEN TRAUM NOCH GAR NICHT LANGE HER AUFREGEND UND DOCH SCHLECHT WAS IST WIRKLICH? ICH WEISS ES NICHT! IT HAD FALLEN DARK THE WINDS HOWLED 'ROUND ME I FELT THE SPARK THAT INSPIRED ME DIE DUNKELHEIT KAM HEULENDE STURME UM MICH HERUM ICH SPURTE DIE FUNKEN DIE MICH ERWECKTEN, DIE MICH ERWECKTEN I WATCH I HESITATE I CRY AND IMPLORE THE POWER I HATE THE POWER I ADORE SWEET MELODY UNEXPECTED COLD FIGURE I JUST WANT TO FEEL PAIN BECOMES LUST AND PLEASURE HIS EYES MET MINE TIME STOOD STILL MY GLORY WILL SHINE I FEEL SO TRANQUIL DIE DUNKELHEIT KAM HEULENDE STURME UM MICH HERUM ICH SPURTE DIE FUNKEN DIE MICH ERWECKTEN, DIE MICH ERWECKTEN 5. You My Flesh FLESH FROM MY FLESH NATURAL OR UNNATURAL GUESS? EVEN IF THEY HARM YOU YOU CAN'T DIE [CHORUS] YOU MY FLESH, YOU MY BLOOD I SEE THE TRUTH WHEN YOU DIE I'LL DIE I SAW THROUGH YOUR EYES I SPOKE WITH YOUR TONGUE I NAME YOU WITH MY NAME FLESH FROM MY FLESH NATURAL OR UNNATURAL GUESS? EVEN IF THEY HARM YOU, YOU CAN'T DIE THEY CAN'T HARM YOU THEY ARE ONLY CLOUDS COME WITH ME IN A HIGHER SKY IMAGINE YOUR WILL AND LET IT BE [CHORUS] WHAT IS THIS THAT COMES FROM YOU? THE WAY IT COMES IT MAKES ME TREMBLE LIKE YOU WITHOUT MOVEMENT IT CREEPS AGAINST US HOW DOES IT DARE IT CAN'T KILL US [CHORUS] I NEVER STUDIED WITH MY MISTAKES EVEN WHEN TIRED I'LL DO THE SAME WHY DID I GIVE YOU LIFE? WHY DID I GIVE YOU LIFE? 6. The Word Made End CLOUDS OF GUILT GATHERING INTO A SKY OF BITTERNESS RAIN OF TEARS COMES FROM WALLS I ONCE CURSED CHILDREN OF THE ONE ENTRANCED, CELEBRATING SO BLIND FOR THE DESOLATE FEELS NONE OF HIS LOST GLORY BAT AWE BEHOLD! THE SERPENT'S FEAR, FORGOTTEN EMOTION SINCE THE FIRST FALL OF TEAR WISDOM'S FAILURE KNOWLEDGE AS THE TREE OF LIFE DECOMPOSES HERE THE SEVENTH AND THE LIAR, UNDERNEATH THE INNOCENCE DISGUISE FOOLS! YOU WHO LAID YOUR FAITH IN PROPHECIES OF DELIVERANCE [CHORUS] THE WORLD MADE END - NEVER TO BE SPOKEN THE WORLD MADE END - CEASE OF IMMORTALITY THE WORLD MADE END - A NAME REVEALED THE WORLD MADE END - EMPYRIA DROWNS NO FURIOUS BEAST SHALL REIGN BEFORE THE DAYS OF WRATH WAIT FOR NO LIGHTBRINGER AS STARS FADE AWAY 7. Sleep The Sleep Of Angels IN THE DARKNESS OF THE YEARS THAT WENT BY I SEE THROUGH LONELINESS ONLY FEAR PAIN AND LIES FEAR CAN TAKE MY SOUL JUST LIKE THE ODOR OF DEATH CHANGES ME AS A WHOLE MAKES ME HOLD MY BREATH SLEEP THE SLEEP OF THE ANGELS LET MY EYES SWEEP THIS BEAUTY THAT EXCELS [CHORUS] DELICATE SILK ALL MEMORIES CUTS THROUGH MY BRAIN CAN'T SEE THE MYSTERIES THAT MADE ME SO PLAIN THEY CAN'T BE SEEN THEY CAN'T BE HEARD JUST LIKE A SIN ALWAYS THERE TO HURT ANOTHER DAY HAS PASSED ANOTHER NIGHT IS HERE ETERNAL END AND START I SENSE GUILT COMING NEAR [CHORUS] UNEVEN FIGHT ME AGAINST MY WILLS UNDER MOONLIGHT REMAINS ONLY MY SENSE YOU CAN BREAK THE SPELL TRANQUIL MY MIND I HAD BEEN SO BLIND [CHORUS] 8. Delusions TAKE ME IN A HEAVY SLEEP IN ADVENTURES I'VE NEVER SEEN IN A DIMENSION BEFORE DEATH MENTALLY LOST ALWAYS HAVE BEEN IF NONE OF US / RETURN FROM DEATH THERE IS SO A WEAVING TO EXPLAIN LIFE IN A PLACE THERE IS NO LIFE WHAT I ADORE IS LOST BEHIND ALL THE FIGURES FEEL LIKE ME HOW CAN I FEEL AS PAIN DOES NOT EXIST HERE KNOWLEDGE MEETS NOTHINGNESS A LOST DREAM, A PSYCHOTIC FEAST IF NONE OF US / RETURN FROM DEATH THERE'S SO WEAVING TO EXPLAIN LIFE IN A PLACE THERE IS NO LIFE WHAT I ADORE IS LOST BEHIND I HAVE NO ADVICE HOW I COULD IT SEEMS SO CORDIAL BUT IN A WAY IT'S NOT [CHORUS] DELUSIONS: LEAD MY LIKE DELUSIONS: NAME ALL MY LIFE WITH A PICTURE OF AN EMPTY HEAVEN A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN DEATH & JOY 9. Imaginary Zone I AM TRYING TO EXPLORE THE MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY I ENVY AND ADORE THE MYTH AND ITS HISTORY I AM IN THE HOUSE OF DREAMS A DIFFERENT DIMENSION NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS AN ALTERED DIRECTION [CHORUS] I CAN REST, I CAN'T HIDE WONDERING IF I FEEL LIKE CROSSING TO THE OTHER SIDE IS IT DIFFERENT OR THE SAME YESTERDAY OR TOMORROW THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE JOY OR SORROW I HAVE NO PREFERENCE FOR THE TIME I WONDER THAT HAS LONG BEFORE FLOWN AM I REMISS OR A FIGHTER? I HAVE NEVER KNOWN [CHORUS]